Reviews
Read staff and customer reviews of books and reserve to collect from your library, or download to your device.
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
Written by The Borrowers Book Group · Published Feb 1, 2018
The Quality of Silence is thrilling and beautifully expressive.
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
Written by The Borrowers Book Group · Published Dec 12, 2017
A Line Made By Walking is original and unusual, disturbing and challenging.
The Huntingfield Paintress by Pamela Holmes
Written by The Borrowers Book Group · Published Nov 14, 2017
The Huntingfield Paintress is a good story with sympathetic characters, set in nineteenth-century Suffolk.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Written by Alice Violett · Published Nov 9, 2017
Little Fires Everywhere features a rich narrative, a compelling, emotionally-involving story, and interesting, sympathetic and complex characters.
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Written by Natasha Catchpole · Published Oct 31, 2017
The Reason I Jump is the most important book Natasha has read this year.
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans
Written by Kate Ashton · Published Oct 12, 2017
Their Finest Hour and a Half is funny, moving, romantic and uplifting, yet realistic about the tragedies of the Second World War.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
Written by The Borrowers Book Group · Published Sep 7, 2017
A charming and gentle story, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper makes a good holiday book with the read-on factor.
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
Written by Chantry Journeys reading group · Published Aug 15, 2017
The Tenderness of Wolves sets a number of admirable characters against a wonderfully-described landscape.
Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
Written by The Borrowers Book Group · Published Jul 27, 2017
Less Than Angels is very well-written and features astute observations and laugh-out-loud humour
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Written by Chantry Journeys reading group · Published Jul 4, 2017
Chantry Journeys book group found The Reader on the 6.27 a larger-than-life, unique, original and absolutely delightful story.